The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-26
PERSONAL.

GEN. JOHN c. FREMONT has taken cottage at
Point Pleasant, Ocean county, n. j., for the
season.
SIR CHARLES YouNG the author of Jim, the
Penman, has renowned Professionalism and
joined the Catholic church.
CARL WITrIe, leader Of st. Johns choir in
Philadelphia, is writing a complete set of YES
pers, which Will be brought out by his choir in
September next.
ARCHIBALD FORBES, the celebrated Journalist
traveller and lecturer Is suffering from a very
severe attack of eczema. He is thought to be
on the road to recovery,
The French Academy of Sciences agrees with
NJ. de Lesseps that the Panama canal should be
constructed without lock, which many engineers
declare will be impossible.
Col. FRED. GRANT denies the report thar his
mother had bought back the Washington resi-
dence from the VanderbiltS. He also denies
the statement that it has been made over'' to
her.
NAPoLEoH's travelling carriage, which was
captured at Waterloo by Field Marshal Blucher
is still in existence near Siesia. Napoleon had
left the carriage short time before it's capture
abandoning his hat, sword and some valuables
MISS BERTHA Won HnLERN, the athletic land.
scape painter, has returned from California and
settled down for the summer in her studio in
the Shenandoah Valley, Va She has been max
ing study of the famous trees of California,
which viii result in number Of charming pic
lures.
JOHN ERNEST McCASS, confidential man to
Russell Sage, and known in Wall street and
elsewhere as poet and charming prose writer
is collecting the 500 poems printed above his
signature In the last five or ten years and will
shortly deluge his Wall street friends with them
in book form.
MILE. EuRIcHErTA EDIco, known in Philadel.
phia as Miss Hattie Eddy, q well known soprano
has finished her studies abroad and viii soon
return. Her teachers, Nine. Lagrange Man.
zoni, OF Paris, and Randagger, of London unite
in praising her voice as having developed a dra-
matte quality recalling Atlantis. She intends
for the present TO do concert and oratorio sing.
ing m
CAPT. WILLIAM JAMES CANNON, now aged G5.
an inmate of the. National Home for Disabled
Veterans, near Milwaukee, Is the sole survivor
OF the massacre that followed after the fall of
Alamo, in Texas. He is suffering from a bullet
wound in the leg while hunting Geronimo with
tho troops under Gen. Miles. He was a bow
only z years old and was saved from the mas
sacre by Mexican woman hiding him In a
cistern.
THE members of the Cabinet have donned
their summer clothes Secretary Whitney who
Is the best dressed member of the Administra.
ton, has several suits of light material which
he wears In regular rotation. Bayard wears a
black suitof light weight and light-colored
plug hat with black band. Endcott wears n
suit OF gray, Fairrhild still clings to his closely
buttoned Prince Albert. He thinks such a coat
makes him look taller. Villas looks well In n
new brown suit. Lamar always wears broad.
cloth. An innovation IN his attire this year Il a
pair OF light trousers Garland's summer outfit
an overcoat. IL bulges et the shoulders and
naps around his legs. A pair OF baggy trous-
ers, white vest and straw hat help 70 com plete
his strange attire.